Introducing sign language literature : folklore and creativity /: folklore and creativity. (2016)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Introducing sign language literature : folklore and creativity /: folklore and creativity. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Introducing sign language literature : folklore and creativity
- Further Information:
- Note: Rachel Sutton-Spence and Michiko Kaneko.
- Authors:
- Sutton-Spence, Rachel
Kaneko, Michiko - Contents:
- What is sign language literature? -- Sign language literature in context -- Oral literature and performance -- Folklore and deaflore -- Story types -- Storytelling techniques -- Anthropomorphism -- Beginnings and endings -- Plots, protagonists, subjects and themes -- Metaphor -- Prose and poetry -- Neologism and ambiguity -- Repetition -- Handshape -- Use of sign space -- Symmetry and balance -- Nonmanual features -- Deaf humour and sign language humour -- Style in signed art forms -- Conclusion.
- Publisher Details:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource, illustrations
- Subjects:
- 899.98
Study & Teaching
Sign language
Storytelling
Sign language
Storytelling
Literature & literary studies - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137363831
1137363835 - Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
- Access Usage:
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Available online (eLD content is only available in our Reading Rooms) ↗
- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.60726
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- 02_195.xml